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Your dog may show its teeth when smiling at you while letting you know it accepts that you're the leader. It's a sign of respect, not of aggression. You can typically tell the difference by looking at your dog's posture. If it is relaxed, then there's nothing for you to worry about.30-Jun-2021
It is quite normal for a dog to show its teeth, but it's not always a desired trait. Think of it from your dog's point of view. Showing his teeth is the only way he has of communicating to you that he's not in the best of moods and it is a sign he wants you to back off and leave him alone.13-Feb-2018
In a submissive grin, the dog pulls back his lips so that his front teeth are exposed, which looks like a cross between a smile and a snarl. It's a less common way that dogs who are being scolded try to get their people to understand that they're not a threat.14-Dec-2016
A SMILE, WITH LIPS CURLED UP = “I'm happy." At any rate, it usually means your dog is contented and happy. Woodard said the doggy smile is also known as a submissive grin, or a sign that your dog wants to appease you.31-Aug-2015
Dogs expose their bellies to us for two main reasons: as a submissive display, and as a request for a belly rub. … Petting a dog who's showing submissive or appeasing behaviors can make the dog more nervous, because now you're touching him in very vulnerable parts of his body!16-Dec-2021
If a dog is smiling and happy, she will "have ears forward or in the relaxed state for the breed, relaxed eyes, and a big wide open mouth, with tongue hanging out, sometimes panting too," according to Lotz.01-Jun-2018
Dogs say sorry by expressing physical signs like the tail-between-the-legs pose, dropped ears, wide eyes, reduce panting, rubbing their face against the paw or wagging the tail. Usually, it's the dog's way to accept that they made a mistake and it is a submissione expression rather than saying sorry.13-Aug-2021
Showing submission. Your dog may show its teeth when smiling at you while letting you know it accepts that you're the leader. It's a sign of respect, not of aggression. You can typically tell the difference by looking at your dog's posture. If it is relaxed, then there's nothing for you to worry about.30-Jun-2021